CALLANETICS CHALLENGE APRIL 2008

[schrovet]

Just finished my 11th hours of Callanetics!

Lisa

[ConnieB]

Noreen,
No matter what size your waist, you still look great.

Whalefrozentoes,
You are so right. I'm just hoping to get to a size where I feel good and don't wiggle and jiggle. One thing I have found is that the more expensive clothes are, the smaller size I can wear. So in Hollywood designer sizes, I am probably a size 4 and will disappear within the next year after doing Callanetics.

Connie

[Yllenia]

Did my 12 hour today! Feels great and at a church gathering this morning people asked me what I do to look so young (wasn't even wearing makeup LOL). So hang in there and a great week to everyone!

[lisabinil]

Originally Posted by ConnieB

Noreen,
No matter what size your waist, you still look great.

Whalefrozentoes,
You are so right. I'm just hoping to get to a size where I feel good and don't wiggle and jiggle. One thing I have found is that the more expensive clothes are, the smaller size I can wear. So in Hollywood designer sizes, I am probably a size 4 and will disappear within the next year after doing Callanetics.

Connie

[SummerSue]

One hour of Evolution done, even though TOM is here. I even did the stomach exercises, although the last one with the wide legs was impossible for me today, even with a pillow behind my back. Well, I did what I could do and did the rest well!

I'm also feeling like my body is building well, but is covered under a too large layer of fat to really see results! I've done 14 hours and yesterday, finally, one pair of my pants are loose. The rest of them seem to fit fine, unfortunately. But, I feel my thigh muscles strengthening and imagine they are lengthening and toning, I just can't see them yet. I'm hoping that if I lose the fat while building up the muscle, it will meet somewhere, sometime, and I'll finally look good!

[MountainGirl]

I love reading this thread, even if I'm not posting. I had to take a bit of time off due to a CFIDS flare up and increased pain. I'm resting today, so I'm hoping to do an hour of 10/10 tomorrow, but as was suggested by Sandra, I'm going to split it up - half in the morning and half in the afternoon. I can handle it better that way.

[planetbenjamin]

I finally got my partner to do CallaneticsEvolution with me! We were climbing over each other to try and find space in our little apartment but we managed ok. He LOVED IT!!!! He really felt it working...especially the butt! It was interesting for me to see how another guy deals with the exercises. He found the stomach one with the legs in a 'V' impossible! I felt very proud, happilly doing my pulses while he was holding onto to his thighs for dear life just to stay up. He loved the stretches as he's always complaining about feeling tight after the gym. I think I've converted him!

[siamesegirl]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

And have a 27' hips!

[whalefrozentoes]

Ben, yay another one has crossed over to the tight side!

lol!!!!!!!!!!!


And Noreen............ lol!!! Whaddya mean you have 27" in hips??? lol!

[siamesegirl]

Originally Posted by whalefrozentoes

Ben, yay another one has crossed over to the tight side!

lol!!!!!!!!!!!


And Noreen............ lol!!! Whaddya mean you have 27" in hips??? lol!

The post did not come out right before qoute from qoute.....
Noreen,
No matter what size your waist, you still look great.

Whalefrozentoes,
You are so right. I'm just hoping to get to a size where I feel good and don't wiggle and jiggle. One thing I have found is that the more expensive clothes are, the smaller size I can wear. So in Hollywood designer sizes, I am probably a size 4 and will disappear within the next year after doing Callanetics.

Connie

[planetbenjamin]

So, my partner asked to do Quick Callanetics for the Stomach too! We just did it and he found it so difficult! When we got to the Open And Close he could hardly get his legs off the floor

It was so funny because he kept laughing at the things Callan was saying. Like being a ragdoll etc And then at the end where she is sitting there talking to the camera he said she looked like she was drunk and falling over sideways. I was most offended until I looked closely and she is starting to fall over

And we had it on our surround sound system and I never realised how dramatic the music is!

But on a serious note, he loves Callanetics now and realises how much strength you need to do it. He's promised to do it every other day now.

[onaisland]

1 hr 10/10 completed

[hummingbird11]

Originally Posted by planetbenjamin

So, my partner asked to do Quick Callanetics for the Stomach too! We just did it and he found it so difficult! When we got to the Open And Close he could hardly get his legs off the floor

It was so funny because he kept laughing at the things Callan was saying. Like being a ragdoll etc And then at the end where she is sitting there talking to the camera he said she looked like she was drunk and falling over sideways. I was most offended until I looked closely and she is starting to fall over

And we had it on our surround sound system and I never realised how dramatic the music is!

But on a serious note, he loves Callanetics now and realises how much strength you need to do it. He's promised to do it every other day now.

Hey Planet Ben: That is fantastic that you converted your partner! And funny re: Callan!

I have Quick Stomach too (haven't done it yet tho) but now I'm really looking forward to it!

[hummingbird11]

Wow!! Noreen, you have 27" hips?? That is awesome, blossom!!



Hey, that is WHY I never measure cause I can NEVER get it right!

For me, just forgettabout da measuring tape and forget da scale too.

I go by my underwear & bra size - THOSE tell the story, morning glory!

[whalefrozentoes]

1hr SuperC = 6/8hrs for April

And I did 1hr of spinning today!!! The combo of the two .... I'll be so tight in no time! lol!

[Danipower714]

Another hour of 10/10 completed!

I had some charley horse pain with the hip and behind exercises tonight (while doing my left leg). Anyone else experience this?

[Trish22]

Hi all!!

I am loving callanetics! I started noticing the difference after 3 sessions and today i completed my 5th hour and my boyfriend today commented on how good my ass looked and as well as that when i went over to my mums for dinner my sister was asking me how much weight ild lost cos i was looking good

Cant wait to do the other 5 sessions and retake my measurements, ive already lost 1 inch of my waist and my bum is so much more perkier

Hope its going good for the rest of yas

Trish x

[FitNFree40]

Yeah Trish!! Don't you love when someone else notices all your hard work??

Just finished hour 3 of Super. It's really hard, but I'm loving it!! The last few summer I've been a size 6 who wouldn't wear shorts! Could it be possible that I will LOVE my legs this year????

Less than FOUR weeks until Memorial Day weekend!! Let's go all my Callan friends!

Carrie

[lowcarblulu]

I remember reading somewhere that many women who complain they have back fat actually are wearing the wrong size bra. If the band doesn't fit properly, you will get bulges (i.e. back fat).

So it may pay to go get a fitting and see if maybe your back fat will magically disappear.

OK, back to Callanetics

[mevluvmark]

Originally Posted by ConnieB

I asked these questions previously. Can nobody help me??

"However, the thing I really dislike most about my body right now is that "back fat". What are the best excercises to target that?
And also, when doing the stretches for the legs, everyone in the tape can spread their legs what looks like almost 180 degrees, mine go maybe 90 degrees. When going over to the side, should I be going towards my legs or towards the floor on the outside of my leg since my legs are still relatively close together. I hope I am making sense.

Hey Connie, seem like you and i have the same problem. I have fat on my back right under the bra strap and on my obliques, so i ask Sandra way back on page 39 or 40 about this same problem and this is what she wrote me.

"The waist exercises with the legs in wide format is great for isolating the obliques and stretching right up through the underarm. Don't forget to turn the palm out and up so it faces the ceiling. Try to master the advanced postion with the elbow resting on mid leg and legs bent deeply (take breathers if you need to). And, very important, check that you don't allow the hip on the stretched side rise up, keep the hip relaxed down and even with the other side. Don't forget you are stretching 'out of the pelvic floor' so don't allow the pelvic floor to rise up with your stretch. This applies to all of the exercises of course.

So, you can do this exercise a couple of extra times a day if you wish.

The other exercise which is great to stretch right up from hip to underarm is the stretch in Evolution just before the hip and behind exercises. Sitting with one leg bent in front and the other is stretched out to the side. You stretch up rotate towards the bent leg then stretch over the straight leg.

As you hold this position make sure that your sit bones stay on floor (again you need to stretch out of PF to create the tautness through the muscles you are stretching). If you want to intensify this stretch gently take the shoulder of the raised arm back slightly the other shoulder will move forward a little and this creates a deeper stretch.

I hope this makes sense but it probably will when you view the exercise."

Sandrax

What i have been doing is, after i do my hr. i do this exercise two to three times more throughout the day along with the waist exercise on evolution where you are seated and you are waving your hands up and down then you wave them to the back on each side. You can really feel it pulling on your back, abs and the obliques. I hope i help you. I think i might add what Tywla told you to do, i know that will target that fat also.

As with you i hate that fat on my back, if i wear a shirt that is form fitting you can definitely see it through my clothes. I would do almost anything to get rid of it. Really to be honest my whole mid section has alot of fat starting from the stomach all the way round to the back. But since i have been doing those extra moves i have notice that my obliques has went down a little, so i know that i'm on the right track.


Mev

[soulwings]

Originally Posted by whalefrozentoes

Thanks Noreen.... and don't be embarassed!!! You still lost 2 inches... that's fantastic!!!


Do you guys even believe in sizes?? They vary from store to store... I honestly don't even know what size I am. The pant size I wear, I don't believe is true... because, I think they lie to make people feel smaller then they are? It's annoying.

But people keep buying, so its an incentive.

But I get what you mean

[KJ-43]

another 1hr completed and the ab exercise are getting slightly easier. I find that each time I do 10/10 I am getting the form a little better.

[whalefrozentoes]

Originally Posted by soulwings

But people keep buying, so its an incentive.

But I get what you mean

Are people buying because they need pants? Or because of the small size on the label? Wouldn't it be funny if people would refuse to wear a certain size, so they protested by going buck? LOL!


Ok, for the stomach exercises........ how can I stretch my back muscles out more, because my shoulder blades will not come up off the floor. Is this part of building up my core strength, or is it actually a tightness in my back/shoulders? I did break my collar bone about 15yrs ago... and haven't regained the proper strength on my left side... could that be the cause of tightness? I just can't believe how high the pink suited ladys' back is from the ground... that, on top of raising her leg off the floor...

I can curl my back while I'm holding onto my upright leg, and stretching out with my elbows - but the second I let go.... flump. my shoulders are off the ground, but shoulder blades are touching.

[metqa]

Another hour of 10/10 done.

[Sandrahanna]

Hi all,

I'm going to be quiet for a while as I have to make an emergency trip to UK tomorrow (my mum's ill).

However, KUTGW and I'll be thinking of you all and looking forward to catching up soon.

Sandrax